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The mummy, which is possibly around 300 years old or older, appears to have the upper body of a monkey—with an eerily human-like face—and the lower body of a fish. The nightmarish creature has long been kept at the Enjuin Temple in the city of Asakuchi—located in Okayama Prefecture—and has even served as an object of worship. But now researchers from the Kurashiki University of Science and the Arts, as well as other institutions, are scientifically analyzing the mummy for the first time in the hopes of casting light on its origins, Japanese newspaper The Asahi Shimbun reported....

What’s the source of Bjork’s newfound fury? “Part of it was just being bored with the self-importance of religion and the conflicts that are happening in the world because of it,” Bjork said in a recent interview with NEWSWEEK. “I’m trying to remind people that before organized religion there was a certainty that we were part of nature, not separate from it.” To help craft her wake-up call, Bjork recruited a multicultural army of collaborators, including Malian kora player Toumani Diabaté, American hip-hop producer Timbaland and a female 10-piece brass ensemble from Iceland....

Representative Mondaire Jones tweeted the feeling of lawmakers who he said “can’t sit by while ICE blatantly ignores @POTUS’ order & continues to deport planes full of Black people.” Just two days later, the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) released a letter to Mayorkas concerning alarming reports that there was an uptick in deportations before his confirmation, which may mean immigrants were not afforded due process in the rush to get them out of the country....

“We have become aware of recent incidents involving students using racially insensitive language and offensive imagery,” said Chatham County Schools Superintendent Dr. Anthony Jackson. However, the letter did not specifically describe the incidents. Ashley Palmer, a parent of one of the students in the alleged auction, posted on Facebook Friday saying the auction was put on by his classmates. “[W]hen he opened up we were made aware that this type of stuff seems to be the norm so much that he didn’t think it was worth sharing,” she wrote....

This Black Friday may not see shoppers camped outside stores in the early hours of the morning, due to the coronavirus pandemic, but that doesn’t mean that one of the biggest shopping days of the year is canceled. Plenty of pet stores, including PetSmart and Petco, are hosting online Black Friday deals this year, meaning pet owners can make the most of the discounts from the comfort of their own home....

Check out Newsweek’s comprehensive coverage of all Black Friday deals here. Target Black Friday Children’s Toy Sale 2019 Target stores will open at 5 p.m. on Thursday, November 28, and will remain open until 1 a.m. on Friday, November 29. Target stores will then re-open for Black Friday 2019 on Friday morning at 7 a.m. The sales are already available online, however, and Target has tons of toy deals, with discounts on popular brands like L....

The settlement is overseen by senior U.S. District Judge Anita B. Brody, who was handed 50,000 petitions on Friday by former Washington running back Ken Jenkins, 61, and his wife Amy Lewis. The petitions call for equality in how former Black football players’ cognitive skills are evaluated in order to get a portion of the settlement. “Norming by race is not the stance that the NFL ought to take. It continues to look as if it’s trying to exclude people rather than trying to do what’s right, which is to help people that, clinically, have obvious and severe disability,” New York University medical ethicist Dr....

These are: CEO John McDonough said they’re modeled after the team’s 1957 sweaters, which have the tomahawks on the arms (rather than the shoulders), lace-up collars and slight differences in the numerals and striping. Very cool — much better than the non-leaks, and much, much better than whatever the Capitals are wearing. Tomahawk placement aside, they’re really close to the Blackhawks’ traditional whites (and Brandon Saad is wearing a jersey with a ‘C’ on it for whatever reason) but this is a win....

In the tearooms of the House of Commons, where Blair has commanded an unassailable majority since 1997, there’s even conspiratorial talk about the need for “regime change” in London. “Whatever happens, I think he will emerge diminished in authority,” Chris Smith, a Labour member of Parliament who was in Blair’s first cabinet, told NEWSWEEK. “I think the better course of action would be [for him] to step aside. If there’s no U....

Given that the top-seeded Bucks blasted the eighth-seeded Pistons, 121-86, to open the series, it’s not a stretch to say that if the report is accurate, then it looks likely that Griffin’s standout season is over. Griffin, 30, has battled the sprained knee for several weeks, and it was so bothersome that he didn’t play in Detroit’s regular-season finale, a game the Pistons had to win to reach the playoffs for only the second time in a decade....

He wasn’t the only Mexican technocrat to fall from grace over the peso crisis. The blame is shared by former president Carlos Salinas de Gortari, new President Ernesto Zedillo and a host of other young, Armani-clad, U.S.-educated officials known as los perfumados – “the perfumed boys.” With the crash of the peso, their economic miracle now looks something like a mirage, raising doubts about the smug technocracy – and the Clinton administration’s reliance on free-market economics as the solution to the problems of the Third World....

Purpose of Test To understand why you might need a blood chloride test, it’s helpful to understand what the test measures. Chloride is a type of electrolyte. These are substances of very small size, called ions, that carry either a positive or a negative kind of charge. Different electrolytes are found in varying concentrations at different places inside your body, such as inside your blood or in the fluid in your cells....

Many blood conservation techniques are appropriate for anyone who wants to minimize the possibility of needing a blood transfusion during or after their surgery. Why Blood Conservation Starts in a Lab Donated blood is a precious resource. Every day the system is dependent upon the generosity of individuals who are willing to donate both their time and their blood to help others. Minimizing the waste of blood just makes sense and it begins with the collection and processing of the blood....

The grim discoveries were reported just hours apart in the Palisades neighborhood of Lake Oswego on Thursday, the Lake Oswego Police Department said in a news release. The police department said it received a report of a deer head at the intersection of Greentree Road and Campus Way, near a political sign, at around 9:30 a.m. that day. Around three hours later, police said they had received a report of another deer head in the 2700 block of Greentree Road....

Bloomberg’s $1 million contribution is to UNITE HERE’s Take Back 2020 program, which is employing hundreds of laid-off Florida hospitality workers who are canvassing in Central and South Florida. It is the latest announcement concerning the $100 million cash injection he pledged on behalf of Joe Biden, enabling the Democratic nominee to focus on other states. “Union workers helped build the American middle class—it’s unconscionable that millions now find themselves out of work and unable to put food on the table for their families as a result of this economic crisis,” Mike Bloomberg told Newsweek....

The Game 1 performance was especially encouraging because there has been much hand-wringing in Clipperland about the importance of this postseason. Players are asked, repeatedly, about extra pressure and senses of urgency. Rightly, they shrug. MORE: Can Clippers win without a bench? | 8 teams that can win the title Blake Griffin said he really does not think about it until someone with a tape recorder asks. Team leader Chris Paul said, “It’s not about my sense of urgency....

The photos of the dogs seem to show the pack all with varying degrees of the cobalt tinge to their coats. The pictures were taken in the city of Dzerzhinsk, 230 miles east of Moscow and posted to the Russian social media site vk.com, according to The Moscow Times. While some of the dogs are a dark-colored blue, others are less pigmented. Response to the pictures on social media was mixed—with some saying the dogs looked like cartoon characters, while others expressed concern that their fur was colored blue as the result of pollution and worried about the animals’ health....

At the Blue Jackets home opener against the Rangers, the Columbus superfan was ready to welcome the new hockey season with body paint, Labatt Blues and a bit of good old fashion grinding. MORE: Trevor Gillies gets 12 games for face-smash | ‘Mean Tweets’ for Kings were, uh, not actually mean | Welcome to the NHL’s Non-Stop 90s Rock Concert Series! I wanted to look away, but I just couldn’t....

Just watch as Pillar scales the wall at Rogers Centre to rob Tim Beckham of a home run. MORE: Arenado’s great grab You rarely see guys scale the wall like that. But you can guarantee you will be seeing this again in the very near future.